pip install a private github repository over SSH

pip_install_private_repo_ssh.md

Create a ~/.ssh/config file with contents like these:

Host myrepo
   HostName github.com
   User git
   PreferredAuthentications publickey
   IdentityFile /root/.ssh/my_repo_private_key

Then pip install like this:

pip install git+ssh://myrepo/my_github_account/myrepo.git
                            ^

Note the / instead of a : (as you would normally use when cloning a repo through ssh) as indicated by the caret above.

This is particularly advantageous when building a Docker image, as you do not have to wory about ssh-agent.